talking to the future: how your next car’s voice assistant will work - touch screen gestures

It rained heavily in Las Vegas.
The traffic in the six lanes is very crowded, and the drivers are very nervous.
Werner Preuschoff is completely focused on driving his new Mercedes-
Take a lesson in "the Strip.
He is not free to insert any navigation details or change any settings, not to mention the email
Mail or manage his schedule for the next few days.
Long ago, Preuschoff had to pull over or wait until he finished driving to deal with the issues.
But instead of being blocked by traffic today, Mercedes's engineers adjusted the temperature, found suggestions for the restaurant and organized his next day in the office-all without moving their hands off the steering wheel, nor did they remove their eyes from the road.
He seemed to be talking to his secretary, but he was actually giving orders to his car.
He doesn't need to learn any new commands like Apple's Siri or Amazon's Alexa.
"The driver can just say 'Hey Mercedes 'to start a conversation with the system," said the head of the new Mercedes project --
User experience (MBUX).
Expand the MBUX infotainment system, including touch screen and richer graphics, to be launched this summer by Mercedes-Benz-Class.
It should help to end the driver's helpless stutter and the occasional difficult-to-understand reaction of the system.
Kathy, the voice assistant introduced by the supplier Bosch, uses a similar principle.
It recognizes commands in 30 different languages and is trained to understand natural speech patterns.
Unlike mercedes's system, Bosch's Casey can be renamed, meaning that drivers can finally name their cars, a recent CES at Las Vegas
The intelligence of the system is located in so-
Called the head unit, the analysis takes place on the car.
If there is an Internet connection in addition to this, these services can be providedto-
Date information for the weather or selected restaurant menu.
Similar to Mercedes, Bosch's system uses artificial intelligence to observe drivers and his habits and learn lessons for future scenarios.
The improvement of voice commands is one of the biggest trends at CES this year.
It is not difficult to see the reason: vehicles become more and more complex.
The range of information entertainment options and functions is almost endless.
Because self-driving cars and electric cars are a big trend, people will occupy more and more time in cars.
"This means that the user interface needs to be both fascinating and practical," says Carsten Breitfeld, head of Byton, a Chinese startup that plans to release an off-
The 2019 highway vehicle, the cockpit is more impressive than its electric engine.
This is because its entire dashboard has only one screen controlled by touch operations, gesture commands, and Amazon's Alexa voice commands.
These systems obviously reduce the complexity of these operations, with only a few buttons in cars like Byton.
But it's not enough for Japanese manufacturer Nissan, which is why it wants to use so-called “brain-to-
Car "technology.
The technology analyzes autonomous systems and lets them interact with vehicles.
Therefore, the system should be able to predict the movement of braking and steering so that they can be implemented faster. The A-
However, classes are not as far away as they are.
Preuschoff still revolves around the Las Vegas fair in his prototype.
He may have said more to his car today than he said to his family.
No wonder his mouth is getting dry.
He may need a beer.
"Hey Mercedes, take me to hofblahouse," This is the last sentence of his conversation with the future.
He might put it in a non. alcoholic beer.
Because even
Class is not an electric car and there is no autopilot. —